Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Vikatrons Continue to Compete!

Congratulations Umair Khan, Fausto Martinez-Escobar, and Gerard Nifras for a 6-0 performance 1/20.The Vikatron's VRAD virtual drone team #57001 won all 6 10-min, putting them into the #1 spot in the rankings.  There were a total of 9 teams that played from across the country. The season lasts through April. 







The NAHS Robotics Team, the "Vikatrons" won 3 of their four matches on Saturday, 1/16  at the world's first virtual drone competition - VRAD.  Teams participated from all across the USA and Canada. Great Job Vikatrons and congratulations Mrs. Pontius!






Wednesday, December 16, 2020

SADD/Interact Continues Their Community Service

Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the annual Gift Giving Galavanza hosted by the SADD/Interact Club. This year we were lucky enough to partner with Nona's Lisa Pizzeria to help collect gifts. Together, we collected about 100 items to be donated through the Mercy House in Newark to children in need this holiday season!

Thanks Mrs. Gagliano and the members of SADD/Interact!


Friday, November 13, 2020

Extra Halloween Candy Goes to the Troops!


 The SADD/Interact Club collected excess Halloween candy and donated it to Soldiers’ Angels Treats for Troops!  This candy will be distributed to United States Military serving around the world.





Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Congratulations to this Month's Characters with Character

Congratulations to the Characters with Character! Students are nominated by faculty members for serving as a positive example to the school community and exhibiting exemplary character for others to model. Given the hybrid learning environment, students were notified by Mr. Kenny via email and sent selfies for the picture. Students will still be honored with a certificate of recognition from our State Senator and their names displayed on the digital board in front of school. This month's winners are (from left to right): Jenalie Matarama (11), Amy Roufaeil (11) and Adam Soto (10).



Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Dr. Necoechea & the Astronomy Club have their 1st "Virtual Viewing Night"

Astrophotographs!

This is a picture of Saturn that was captured picture with a Canon EOS Rebel T6 digital camera attached to a laptop. The color is due to hydrogen and helium in the atmosphere. 

The picture below with the cloud bands is Jupiter. The atmosphere shows the "banding" because the planet is very windy due to rapid rotation, and the alternating dark and light colors are produced by ascending and descending atmospheric currents.







Friday, November 6, 2020

Congratulations Joey Witt - North Jersey Football Player of the Week!

Senior Quarterback/Defensive Back, Joey Witt has been voted the North Jersey Football Player of the Week for his performance against Fort Lee on October 30th in the Vikings' 28-26 win over the Bridgemen. Great Job Joey!

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2020/11/02/vote-north-jersey-football-player-week-week-5/6092647002/



Saturday, October 24, 2020

SADD/Interact Organizes Red Ribbon Week at NAHS

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The SADD/Interact Club would like to congratulate all the participants of the 2020 Door Decorating Contest in honor of Red Ribbon Week.  This year we would like to announce that there were two winners; one from the staff entries and one from the student entries. 

Congratulations to Ms. Bond for her "Be A Leader of the Pac and Stay Away From Drugs" door. 

Congratulations to senior Katia Santos for her "Be Brave and Don't Let Drugs Be An Imposter Among Us" door.

Great job to everyone who participated in helping make Red Ribbon Week a success at NAHS! You can check out all the door entries on the school website in the next few days.



Please check out this special Red Ribbon Week presentation prepared by SADD/Interact

Congratulations to our 2020 Homecoming Court!

Congratulations to our NAHS 2020 Homecoming Court! We are so proud to honor our seniors during this event and would like to thank the Class of 2021 advisors, Ms. Valle and Ms. Nogueira, for putting together this great event and continuing our traditions during these unique times. 

Sydney Ciampitti - Queen

Jared Velazquez - King

Court Members:

Mackenzi Fitzgerald

Julian Grullon

Aidan Hughes

Katherine Lasek

Katelyn Molina

Jordyn Nelson

Nicholas Rotondo

Cassandra Servitis

Pete Ziakos






Officials are Honored Before 10/23 Football Game

Officials' Appreciation Week was celebrated prior to the 10/23 football game vs. Hasbrouck Heights. Our Student Ambassador to the NJSIAA, junior Amelia Kearney presented the officials with their certificates of appreciation and promoted sportsmanship for all interscholastic athletic events. 





Robotics & STEAM Are Up and Running

 Mrs. Pontius and Mr. McCarthy have started our new Robotics/STEAM classes and our students are working remotely with VEX robotics kits and creating some pretty great projects. 

VEX Robotics Kits are distributed as "grab & go" 



Mr. McCarthy's STEAM
Creative tasks offer an opportunity for students to use the coding elements they have learned thus far to a project of their own design.  They may choose to create a scene, a simple game, an interactive experience or anything else they can think of.  It is a great way to showcase new skills they have learned in python and for them to spark a sense of what they can now create with code.

Exploring Computer Science:
Students are studying coding, game and app design using Make Code Arcade from Microsoft.  Platformer video games are characterized by their heavy use of jumping and climbing to navigate the player's environment and reach their goal.  Students have to build their own scenes, control statements, sprites, functions and event handlers using JavaScript. The early results are far beyond my expectations for introductory game design.



Monday, August 31, 2020

QP Food Pantry Receives Donation from the Classes of 2020

Parents and families of the Classes of 2020 contributed to a Graduation Sign Fundraiser in May. Families of students in the 5th, 8th, and senior classes ordered personalized lawn signs and the proceeds were donated to the QP Food Pantry to help families impacted by the pandemic. We'd like to thank all of those who bought signs and donated to this great cause!